Name: Very dark grayish brown loamy sand
Type: soil
Class: Aridisol
Subclass: Torripsamment
Particle Size: none
Sample No.: 90P0142
Owner: JHU
Wavelength Range: All
Origin: Kit Carson Co., Co. via USDA Soil Conservation service.
Collection Date: N/A
Description:  The parent material is eolian from sandstone material from a sandhill ridge.  Very dark grayish brown loamy sand, (sandy, mixed, mesic,ustic).   Original ASTER Spectral Library name was jhu.becknic.soil.aridisol.torripsamment.coarse.90P0142.spectrum.txt
Single grain, loose, non-sticky and non-plastic, mildly alkaline (pH 7.4).  
0.51% organic carbon, 4.6% clay, 6.9% silt, 88.5% sand.

Clay mineralogy: none.

Coarse mineralogy: 64% quartz, 2% opaque, 21% feldspar, 2% potassic 
feldspar, 2% plagioclase feldspar, 7% other, 1% weathered aggregate, and 
traces of garnet, plant opal and zircon.

